Here’s a list of the additional stories and chapter Read Along videos on the “For Students” tab. Click on the chapter heading to go to that chapter.
Find a link to the Lesson Plans at the bottom of the post.
Read-Along Chapter 1 Video
Lesson Plan – Maritime Village: Stonington
Lesson Plan – Family Farm: Jewish Farmers in Connecticut
Land
Connecticut Rocks!
Hill-Stead’s Mastodon Discovery
The Weston Meteorite
Let’s Explore the McLean Game Refuge
NEW! Black Bears in Connecticut
Water
The Connecticut River
Building Dams for Water & Electricity
American Shad: The State Fish
Read-Along Chapter 2 Video
Lesson Plan: The Tantaquidgeon Museum
Uncas, the Mohegan Tribe, & the Founding of Norwich
The Pequot War
The Mohegan Tribe & the New Nation
Mushroom Hunting
Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Read-Along Chapter 3 Video
Learning Through Places Lesson Plans
– The State Capitol
– Rural Town: Lebanon
– Maritime Village: Stonington
NEW! Lesson Plan: Advocating for Women’s Suffrage
Settling Connecticut
Daily Life in a Colonial Town
The Amistad Captives: Freedom on Trial
Governing Connecticut
1920: Votes for Women! — With a Lesson Plan
Read-Along Chapter 4 Video
Learning Through Places Lesson Plans
– Neighborhood Sub-division: The Beman Triangle, Middletown
– Transportation Hub: Litchfield
– Rural Town: Lebanon
– Maritime Village: Stonington Borough
– Mill Village: Taftville in Norwich
Connecticut Cities: By the Numbers
My Town:
Avon
Bridgeport
Danbury
Fairfield
Groton
Hartford
Lebanon — With a Learning Through Places lesson plan
Manchester
Middletown — With a Learning Through Places lesson plan
Monroe
North Haven
Norwich — With a Learning Through Places lesson plan (Taftville)
Plainville
Ridgefield
Stamford
Waterbury
Windsor
Woodbury
Read-Along Chapter 5 Video
Lesson Plan: Women’s History — Hill-Stead Museum
Artist Alexander Calder Moves to Connecticut
Benedict Arnold: A Traitor Among Us
Charles Goodyear Makes a Discovery!
Patriot Ethan Allen
Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell
John Brown and the Road to the Civil War
The Long Journey of Joseph Cinque
Writer Mark Twain
Nurse Pioneer Martha Minerva Franklin
State Hero Nathan Hale
State Heroine Prudence Crandall
Stubby: A Canine Hero of World War I
Tom Thumb
Venture Smith’s Remarkable Life
Walter J. “Doc” Hurley
Read-Along Chapter 6 Video
Wars
The Pequot War
Revolutionary War
-Benedict Arnold: A Traitor Among Us
-Patriot Ethan Allen
-The Burning of Fairfield
Civil War
John Brown and the Road to the Civil War
World War I
Stubby: A Canine Hero of World War I
Disasters
Connecticut Responds to 9/11
Catastrophe on the Connecticut River
Tragedy on the Tracks
Waterbury’s on Fire!
Hartford Circus Fire
Hurricanes Connie & Diane/Flood of 1955
Read-Along Chapter 7 Video
Learning Through Places Lesson Plans
– Mill Town: Taftville
– Transportation Hub: Litchfield
– Engineering: West Cornwall Covered Bridge
Jobs Then & Now
Lesson Plan – Family Farms: Jewish Farmers in Connecticut
Child Labor: Working as a Newsie–with an Inquiry Lesson Plan
Slavery in Connecticut: Venture Smith
The Whaling Industry
Writer Harriet Beecher Stowe
Baseball Hall of Fame Writer Claire Smith
Nurse Pioneer Martha Minerva Franklin
Mill Town: Taftville — with a Learning Through Places lesson plan
Connecticut Invents!
Learning Through Places Lesson Plan – Engineering: West Cornwall Covered Bridge
Albert Pope’s Amazing Automobiles
Charles Goodyear and the Invention of Vulcanized Rubber
Pepperidge Farm
Mounds & Almond Joy Candy Bars
Inventing the WIFFLE Ball
Made in Connecticut: PEZ Candy (Invented in Austria)
Moving Across Connecticut
Albert Pope’s Amazing Automobiles
Connecticut’s International Airport
Taking the Stagecoach — with a Learning Through Places lesson plan
Canal Crazy in Connecticut
Chapter 8 Read-Along Video
Learning Through Places Lesson Plan
– Women’s History: Hill-Stead Museum
– Native American Place: The Tantaquidgeon Museum
Let’s Explore
Let’s Explore the McLean Game Refuge
Let’s Play
NEW! Babe Ruth in Connecticut
Connecticut’s Year in the NFL
Hartford Yard Goats Trivia
Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell
Baseball Hall of Fame Writer Claire Smith
Coach Walter J. “Doc” Hurley
Let’s Create
Artist Alexander Calder Moves to Connecticut
Let’s Learn
Educated in One Room–with an Inquiry Lesson Plan
Connecticut’s Nicknames
The State Animal: The Sperm Whale
Connecticut State Seal
Legend of the Charter Oak
American Shad: The State Fish
Are children better prepared for adulthood by working or by going to school? (LINK)
Advocating for Voting Rights: Women’s Suffrage in Connecticut Lesson Plan
